Shoe shining bracket with adjustable shoe tree



Aug. 19, 1948. J JACKSON 2,446,931

SHOE SHINING BRACKET WITH ADJUSTABLE SHOE TREE Filed Sept. 10, 1946 aw ml INVENTOR. HoRAcE J. JHcKso v Patented Aug. 19, 1948 SHOE SHINNG BRACKET WVITH ADJUST- ABLE SHOE TREE Horace J. Jackson, Columbus, Ohio Application September 10, 1946, Serial No. 695,923

4 Claims.

The present invention relates to improvements in shoe-shining brackets with an adjustable shoe tree and has for an object to provide an improved shoe tree readily adjustable to all size shoes and a shoe tree that will retain its initial setting regardless of the torsional stresses exerted upon the adjusting element during the various phases of the shoe-shining operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved shoe-shining bracket with an adjustable shoe tree that is very portable and takes up very little space.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved shoe-shining bracket with an adjustable shoe tree according to the present invention which is comparatively simple, exceptionally strong, highly efficient in its use and very economical in its manufacture.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a means for stretching and for rebuilding the counter of a shoe which has been caved in.

All of the foregoing and still further advantages of this invention will become more apparent from the study of the following specification, and in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and wherein,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved shoe-shining bracket with an adjustable shoe tree.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the improved shoe-shining bracket with the slide in the closed position.

Figure 3 is a vertical Section taken through lines 33 in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken through lines fi l in Figure 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, a mounting clip I having curved lips 2 is secured to a wall or door or any hard surface by means of screws 3. A mounting bracket having flanges 5 and support webs 8 carries one end of a rod 1 and is retained on the rod I by means of an Allen set screw 5. The other end of the rod 1 is curved downwardly and outwardly having a shoe shell 21 affixed thereto by means of an Allen set screw 28.

Mounted and slidably carried on the rod I is a slidable adjustment member 9 comprising a leg I!) having a boss II at it s upper end and a foot I2 at its lower end. The boss II has a bore passing laterally therethrough. The axis of this bore is perpendicular to the leg Iii. Mounted on top of the boss I I- is a lip I3 for receiving a rivet Hi to pivotally mount a clamp l5. The clamp I5 has several holes 16 along its sides. The clamp I5 when looked at from an end View has a U-shap such that the sides of the clamp I5 may fit over and engage the red I. A toggle link I! having arms I8 and I9 is merely a piece of hard drawn wire bent in a U-shape. A closed portion 20 of the U passes through a hole 2| in the rod I While the open ends of the U-shaped member are bent inwardly a substantial distance forming hooks 22 and 23 to engage the holes I6 in the clamp I5. vIt will be noted that the underneath portion of the rod I has a fiat surface 24 running a substantial length of the straight run of said rod.

Also, on the foot side of the slidable adjustment member 9 there is a flat key 25 retained in place on the slidable adjustment member 9 by means of a drive screw 25, the purpose of this being to give strength to the slidable adjustment member 9 when in operation and to resist any circular rotation or twisting of said unit. The clamp I5 and the toggle link I? form a toggle mechanism such that when the clamp I5 is pulled forward,

I as shown in solid lines in Fig. 2, such that the slidable adjustment member 9 is pushed in the direction of the mounting bracket 4 the toggle link I? and the clamp I5 come in alignment to form a toggle look. This toggle lock arrangement is believed to be particularly advantageous in that the only way the setting of the slidable adjustment member 9 may be moved is by disaligning the toggle link IT and the clamp l5. Once the toggle lock has been formed, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 2, with the toggle link I! and the clamp I5 in alignment and the key 25 abutting the fiat surface 24 there is no chance of this unit losing its adjustment unless acted upon manually by the lifting of clamp I5.

In operation the unit functions as follows. The mounting bracket 4 comprising the rod I, the slidable adjustment member 9 and the shoe shell 2'! is placed in the mounting clip I such that the lips 2 engage and retain the flanges 5 on the mounting bracket 5. The arms l8 and I!) of the toggle link H are then disengaged from the holes [5 in the clamp I5 until the size of a shoe 29 to be placed on the bracket is determined.

The shoe 29 is then slipped over the shoe shell 21'! end of the bracket such'that the shoe shell 21 engages the inside upper part of the toe of the shoe 29. The slidable adjustment member 9 is then moved to a position such that the foot I2 abuts the counter of the shoe 29.

The clamp I5 is then placed down upon the rod I such that the sides envelop the top portion of the rod 1. The toggle link I1 is then allowed to fall upon the clamp l5, and at this time the setting of the arms 18 and I!) with the clamp I5 is determined. The clamp I5 is then raised by means of placing a finger under a hook 30 of the clamp 15. While the clamp I5 is in the vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the toggle link I! is adjusted by engaging the hooks 22 and 23-111 the holes IS in the sides of .theclamp I5. The clamp I5 is then forced down upon the rod 1, as shown in solid lines in Fig. 2, such that the toggle link I! and the clamp l5 come in alignment, thus forming a toggle lock.

It will be noted that this toggle lock cannot be broken by torsional stresses set up in the shoeshining operation because the toggle vlock forms a positive lock which can be ..broken .onlye-by.

disalignment of the clamp l5 and the toggle link IT.

This invention is believed to be a definite improvement over the friction type shoe-shining bracket as the toggle lock affords a positive retainment of the original setting, whereas a friction type shoe-shining bracketmay lose its setting due to the torsional stresses exerted in the shoe-shiningoperation which may cock the slidable adjustment member 9 .to either theleftor right side of the center barand thus reduce the area of contact leaving the deviceopen to variations either forward or backwardof theoriginalsetting.

Although a preferred embodiment of themesent invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that such changesin construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to which will fall within thescope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is:

1. An improved shoe-shining bracket comprising .a support, relatively movable shoe engaging members. carried on said support, a lever fulcrumed lupon-and having a. motion of translation. with a moving member, and a link pivoted at one endto said fixed support and pivoted at its otherend to said leverata point spaced from .its pivot.

2. An improved shoe-shining bracket as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lever has spring flanges biased to an in-sprung position adapted to frictionally grip the sides of said support when the lever is lowered whereby to create a clamp for holding the movable member against motion.

3. An improved shoe-shining bracket as claimed in claim 1 characterized by the fact that an off-set curved portion at the free end of the .leverris arranged to fornra finger grip or hold for raising 'the lever.

4. An improved shoe-shining bracket compris- ,.=ing a support, a shoe toe member on the support, ashoe countenmember slidably mounted on said ysupnort, a; lever pivoted upon and having a mo- "tion of translation with said shoe counter memz benand having a series of perforations therein,. means to. raise and lower said lever, and a togglelinkpivoted at one end to said support and having its other end selectively pivoted in one of said perforations, said lever having a curvedportion adjacent its end which is pivoted to the support whereby when the lever is lowered toitsfinal low position engaging the support a line connecting the two, end pivots of said toggle linkwillextend below the pivotal axis of the lever.

HORACE J. JACKSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file .of this patent:

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